Honours College students who admitted to University of Macau in Academic Year 2017/2018 to 2019/2020 are eligible to receive financial support from HC to participate in study-abroad or exchange programmes. Below are 2 types of financial support offered by HC:

Students have to gain study abroad experience during their residency at UM with different levels of financial support and requirements stipulating by internal regulations. The experience must be credit bearing with a minimum of 3 abroad credits successfully transferred back to or earned from UM. Below are some ways to fulfill this requirement:

  • A full time semester abroad at universities having agreement with the Honours College
  • A full time semester abroad at universities having agreement with UM operated through the Global Affairs Office
  • Credit-bearing abroad programme or requirement operated by faculties
  • Credits earned in reputable universities abroad in summer and successfully transferred back to UM during the student’s residency at UM

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Applicable to students who fulfilled the study abroad requirement through:
Option 1 – One full time semester abroad at universities having agreement with the Honours College.

I. Duration

The Funded HC Study-Abroad Semester usually takes place during the second semester of student’s 3rd year of their study plans (4th year for 5-year program). Qualified students will be nominated and funded to complete one full-time semester at the universities having agreement with the Honours College.

II. Coverage

The funded expense items includes:

  • Tuition fee at host university
  • Accommodation and meal plan at host university
  • Health and travel insurance, and other mandatory fees and charges imposed by host university
  • Transportation (round-trip air ticket between Macao/Hong Kong and host university on arrival and departure dates)

HC students who participate in the “Funded HC Study-Abroad Semester” are required to pay a fixed amount of security deposit at 15 UM credits, the security deposit will be used for the UM tuition fee during their study-abroad semester.

III. Requirement

HC students meeting the following requirements are eligible to apply for the Funded HC Study-Abroad semester:

Academic performance: Cumulative GPA 3.3 or above (For FLL students, scale 15 or above) by the time of application and at the end of semester prior to study abroad.
Language proficiency: For study-aboard in the U.K. or U.S., students must obtain valid TOEFL internet- based test score at 90 or above, or IELTS (academic module) test score at 7.0 or above.

For study-abroad in Portugal, students must obtain valid CAPLE exam certification at Level DEPLE (B1) or above.
Leadership & service learning: Cumulative Competency Score (CS) requirement at 350 or above by the time of application, and 450 or above by the end of semester prior to study abroad.
Residential College residency: Student are required to have completed at least two-semester residency by the end of semester prior to study abroad.

Applicable to students who fulfilled the study abroad requirement through:
Option 2 – One full time semester abroad at universities having agreement with UM operated through the Global Affairs Office
Option 3 – Credit-bearing abroad programme or requirement operated by faculties
Option 4 – Credits earned in reputable universities abroad in summer and successfully transferred back to UM during the student’s residency at UMStudent must earn at least 3 abroad credits successfully transferred back to or earned from UM.

I. Grant amount

This grant provides different levels of support to HC students who participated in study-abroad or exchange programmes offered by the faculties, Global Affairs Office or other units in the University.

  • MOP20,000 (Yearly-based study-abroad programme)
  • MOP10,000 (Semester-based study-abroad programme)
  • MOP5,000 (Summer abroad programme)

II. Requirement

  • HC students who fulfilled the study-abroad requirement through Option 2, 3 or 4 are eligible to apply for the Study-Abroad Grant upon successfully participating in a credit-bearing abroad programme (semester-base) operated by faculties or GAO, or summer abroad programme in reputable universities during the student’s residency at UM.
  • The gained study-abroad experience must be credit bearing with a minimum of 3 abroad credits successfully transferred back to UM.
  • Students must pass every subject taken at their host universities.
  • This grant is not applicable to students who participated in the Funded HC Study-Abroad Semester operated by the Honours College nor who have been granted the Outgoing Exchange Scholarship of the Global Affairs Office.

III. Application

Eligible students have to submit the “HC Study-Abroad Grant” online application form to the HC General Office during application period.  Applicants please submit the completed form with following supporting documentation:

  • Transcript issued by host university
  • Confirmation e-mail of course exemption sent by UM Registry

The online application will be opened to 4th year (or 5th year for 5-year program) HC students during September/October every year. Exact date of application will be announced in due course. Late applications will not be considered.